by P. M. Starr | Jul 16, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Buying & Browsing, Colors, Fountain Pens, Goldspot, Green, Investing, Pink, Silver, Visconti, Wishlist
Pink Blush: Visconti Opera Demo Carousel It’s a good thing Goldspot doesn’t have one of those buy-now/pay-later installment setups or I might have impulsively spent $375.00 on a Visconti Opera Demo Carousel fountain pen tonight. I’m not tempted by giants like the...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 15, 2022 | Aqua, Black, Blue, Brown, Curiosity, Dip Pens, Doodling & Drawing, Grey, Ink, Ink Journal, My Colors, My Experience, Purple, Red, Taccia, Tests & Trials, Wishlist
Note: this is just the first part (and delayed publishing) covering my experience on the September 2021 Ink Flight. This is the second Ink Flight I’ve taken (via the Ink Journal subscription box), and quite a delight. Here it is the morning after, and I’ve...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 14, 2022 | Brown, Colors, Diamine, Green, Inspiration, Private Reserve, Pure Pleasure, Quotations & Excerpts, Wisdom
Meet Me In That Field NOTE: a couple of hours after I posted this, I found out this Rumi “translation” is BULLSHIT, so I’m working on an embarrassed-yet-hopefully-informative post about that now. On the fifth of July, Wordle 381 reminded me of my...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 12, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Brown, Buying & Browsing, Colors, FREE, Grey, Inspiration, Investing, Journaling, MATERIALS, MINE, My Desks & Tables, My Spaces, Philosophy, Wishlist, Yellow
Dreaming of Desks and Tables One of my favorite journaling practices is LISTING THINGS I WANT. Things I want to have. Things I want to do. Who I want to be. Funneling all of my focus into visions of good stuff helps drown out distractions from things I do not like or...
by P. M. Starr | Mar 4, 2022 | Blue, BRANDS, Brick & Mortar, Grey, Journaling, My Colors, My Experience, paper, Problems, Tests & Trials, Top Flight, TOPS Products, Under $10
Oxford Spiral Notebook I know. I said I would never again stray from my favorite notebook for journaling. I literally said Now that Top Flight WIRED paper has set my standard so high, I’m done experimenting with other spiral notebooks; I don’t want to waste money...
by P. M. Starr | Mar 1, 2022 | Colors, Curiosity, Green, Ink, My Collection, My Colors, My Experience, Philosophy, Pure Pleasure, Tests & Trials
Early Joys of Leveling Up As I come to the disappointing realization that the 9th(?) green ink I’ve tried is also NOT the right first green bottle for me, the disappointment quickly morphs into … JUICY EXCITEMENT. I am still on a QUEST. So many fresh...
